democrats enjoy the moment on taxes. here is where republicans are on entitlements. there s been no serious discussion by the white house on entitlements, on medicare and medicaid. this has to be a part of this agreement or else we just continue to dig the hole deep i. republicans are very frustrated that what s taking up oxygen right now is the issue of taxes. in fact, yesterday that s what happened. the first major public break inside the republican controlled house, oklahoma congressman tom cole who endorsed the president s short-term approach. in my view we all agree we re not going to raise taxes on people that make less than $250,000. we should just take them out of this discussion right now. if the president is willing to accept 80% of the bush tax cuts for 98% of the american people and make them permanent, i think that is a point we should agree on. it almost sounds like jay
also, three former bp employees have entered not guilty pleas in connection with the deadly deep water horizon rig explosion in april 2010. two of the men were rig supervisors, the third was an executive. they entered their pleas and were released on bond, in new orleans, charged with manslaughter in the deaths of the 11 rig workers who died. in that disaster. trials are now set for early next year. high-level negotiations resume today on capitol hill over the looming fiscal cliff. there are fresh signs that republicans may be in disagreement over the best way to avoid tax increases and spending cuts. oklahoma congressman tom cole says instead of risking a tax increase on everybody it would be better to let tax increases for the top 2% of earners go up. if congress does nothing, every family in america will see their taxes automatically go up at the beginning of next year. there has been no serious discussion by the white house on